Body of female worker found in Surma river

The deceased was identified as Shabana Begum, 25, wife of Azizur Rahman, a resident of Rubber Bari village of Laxmanshri union of the upazila. Locals spotted her body in the river around 3pm and informed the police. Later a team of police led by Pabitra Kumar Sinha, sub-inspector of Sadar Model Police Station, went to the spot and recovered the body with the help of locals. The body was sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy. Officer-in-Charge Md Harun-ur Rashid Chowdhury said: “Shabana went missing as a stone-laden boat capsized in the river on October 12.”